State Park Bath House--Cheraw State Park became the first
State Park in South Carolina in 1934 when the residents of Cheraw
donated 704 acres of land to the State. The State Park bathhouse
built by the C.C.C. in the early 1940's is shown here as
photographed by Mabel Thomas.

Sunday afternoon at Cheraw Beach was a busy scene with swimmers,
spectators, and the people who came from as far as Charlotte.
One Fourth of July the number of people was reported to be
ten-thousand. (Photo from "Historic Chesterfield County" and
the collection of Ms. Margie Wannamaker.)